enew

transitive verb

-ed/-ing/-s

obsolete, of a hawk

: to drive or plunge (a fowl) into the water

Word History

Etymology

Middle English enewen, from Anglo-French enewer to moisten, from Old French en- en- entry 1 + ewe, eve, aigue water (from Latin aqua)

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